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THE LITERATURE OF GREAT BRITAIN AT THE END OF XIX AND THE BEGINNING OF XX CENTURY.

He is the father of English literature

The printing press made the books available in large scale. Which period is it?

He is the father of historical novel

…. described a hard life of orphans in the workhouse in his novel titled…..

GENERAL BACKGROUND

GENERAL BACKGROUND

General background

• Death of Queen Victoria.
• Crowning of Edward VII. Edwardian period.
• Continuation of realistic traditions.
• Decadent writers.
• Interest in human society.
• Rise of fantastic novel.

Main factors reflected in literature

Main factors reflected in literature

Main factors reflected in literature

Main factors reflected in literature

Three distinctive features of modern period literature

TIME TO GO THROUGH SOME WRITERS OF THE PERIOD!

TIME TO GO THROUGH SOME WRITERS OF THE PERIOD!

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Dylan Thomas

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Graham Greene (1904 - 1991)

A great-nephew of Robert Louis Stevenson, Greene was the son of the headmaster of a school in Hertfordshire. Graham attended his fathers school, studied at the Oxford University. After the publication of his first novel “The Man Within”(1929) he left “the Times” and became a free-lance writer and reviewer. He had a versatile talent being equally good as a novelist, essayist, short-stories writer and a playwright.

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IRIS MURDOCH ( 1919-1999)

Iris Murdoch was one of the most complex writers in modern English fiction. She was born in 1919 in Dublin.

The main theme of her novels is the fate of men and women in modern society, their belief and disbelief. Her heroes are

lonely and suffering people. In all her novels we find love as great and mysterious force. It is the inner world of the

character that interests Iris Murdoch. Her books arise out of the varied experiences of life.

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Susan Hill (born in 1942)

Since 1963 Susan Hill is known as a full-time writer and the author of several novels, volumes of short stories, essays and a number of plays. Her titles include: “The Enclosure” (1961), “Do Me a Favour” (1963), “Gentleman and Ladies” (1968), “A Change for the better” (1969), “The Albatross and Other Stories”(1970), “I Am the King of the Castle” (1971), “Strange Meeting”(1971), “The Bird of Night” (1972), “In the Springtime of the Year” (1974), “The Land of Lost Content”(1976), “The Magic Apple Tree: A Country Year” (1982) and many other works. Her works have received considerable attention and were awarded several times. In 1972 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Susan Hill is highly appreciated as а contemporary writer of psycho-logical fiction. Her style is powerful in its simplicity and unexpected jux-taposition of images.